From the input to the market: the decisions behind what is grown, sold and funded.
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The crop protection company expects $625 million to $675 million of impact from cutting prices on stock held by distributors in Brazil, Argentina, the US and Canada, and will change its US pricing model.
The 15 October Grain Market Report puts 2026/27 rice production at 536m t, down 2% and including a 6m t decline in India, and raises the total grains forecast by 7m t to 2,427m t.
Google's Agricultural Understanding models move to public preview after use in Gujarat's Krushi Pragati platform, while DeepMind funds a sorghum genetic atlas and a three-year fellowship at ICRISAT.
Defra's 15 October decision covers parts of Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Somerset and East and West Sussex. The Environment Agency warns farmers may not refill storage reservoirs for 2027 irrigation.
Industrifonden led the Swedish crop genetics company's seed round, taking its total raised to about €7.5 million. The company says its wheat raised yields by up to 41% on saline land in Bangladesh.
The Organic Action Plan, published on 14 October, aims to lift organic land from around 3.4% of farmed area. UK organic sales are worth more than £3.9 billion a year; payments stay within existing schemes.
DGFT Notification 43/2026-27 of 12 October keeps imports of the herbicide restricted when the CIF value plus any anti-dumping duty is below INR 1,154 per kg, across eight HS codes.
The seeder, made under licence from Canada's Clean Seed, sows directly into paddy residue, runs on tractors of 35 HP and above and goes on sale first in Punjab and Haryana. Prices were not disclosed.
Arrivals reached 21 lakh tonnes and payments Rs 2,511 crore, Punjab's food minister said, as unseasonal rain on 11 October soaked paddy in several mandis.
A Food Alert for Action issued on 10 October 2026 tells UK businesses to withdraw and recall eggs from one Ukrainian supplier. UKHSA links the strain to 36 cases in England this year.
